The rains had lashed the city and state last week, wreaking havoc everywhere. While it threw the state machinery out of gear and led to a spike in water-borne diseases, the threat of swine flu still looms large on the city a 78-year-old man, who was diagnosed with the deadly disease died in the hospital, on July 28. This was the sixth case of swine flu case which ended in death, in July this year; so far 30 have perished to the deadly virus.

The water logging has made matters worse as muddy water seeped into to the pipelines rendering drinking water unsuitable for consumption. As a result many households across the city fell victim to a plethora of water borne diseases. This has spiked the number of registered cases this as compared to last year. The number of cases of diarrhoea in July this year saw a 20 per cent jump as compared to July 2016 figures. The number of cases of Jaundice in July 2017 saw a 11 per cent.

The number of cases of Typhoid in July 2016 was 249 and in July 2017 it was 336 which is an increase of 35 percent. Among the vector-borne diseases, the number of cases of malaria in July 2016 was 877 and in July 2017 it was 887.

During the year 2017 there have been two cases of chikungunya while in the year 2016 there were no cases of this disease. Bhavin Solanki, in-charge medical officer, AMC said, "Last week it rained heavily and because of waterlogging in low lying areas, many water borne diseases have spread among people. With the death of another swine flu patient on July28, the number of swine flu deaths has become six."

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